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The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-07-14

A KANSAS CITY paper says: Give
Kansas City young men secured 1000
signatures to the Cleveland invitation
in seven working days. This is good
work for June and July weather. The
five young men should be Mrs. Cleve-
lands guard of homer when she comes,
and should sit high up at the banquet.
A Kansas City young man can out-hus-
tie any other young man at any style
for any money" But, as Mrs. Cleve-
land is little particular as to whom
she associates with, these five young
men will have theirhus ling in vain, as
the G.. 4. r. has not been very pressing
in their invitation to her husband to
come to st. LOUIS, and she will proba-
bly, not come unless with him.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-07-14
ANOTHER ORAWFIsH.


There is little doubt but the demo-
cratic rebel friends of the mugwump
president will attempt to make political
capital out of the gushy letter ascribed
to Cleveland, wherein he declines to
visit st. Louis during the encampment
of the G. A. R., and in which, among
many other alleged reasons, he claims
that his refusal to attend was out of
regard to the feelings of some of the old
soldiers.
But neither the old soldiers nor their
friends are liable to be caught by any
such chaff. Were it consideration for
their feelings which caused him to come
to such conclusion, how will he explain
the little consideration he has had for
their feelings heretofore, not only in
the brutal and cowardly attacks he has
made in his private and public veto
messages, but also in his rebel flag cpl
sode, which, to say the least, would
never have occurred had his kindly
consideration for old soldiers formed
any large portion of his corporosity.
But, withal, the whole letter declin-
ing to go to st. Louis is the shrewdest
political document ever ascribed to
either Cleveland or any of his bench
men, and surrounding circumstances
would lead one to the conclusion that
the many serious blunders made by
him within the last few weeks have
taught both himself and friends some
severe lessons on caution, which they
have benefited by and which this care
fully worded document lis the out
growth of.
The entire letter is evidently COM
pOsed-as the proposed visit was in
tended-for the purpose of making po-
Iitical capital. And were it not that
his previous acts were in entire contra
diction of large portion of the docu.
ment, in which he attempts to concili.
ate and flatter the union sentiment
which he has thoroughly brought tC
the surface by his rebel flag order and
other overt acts, the letter might be
received as the sentiments of loyal
and patriotic citizen, who had only the
good of the entire country at heart and
was willing to sacrifice his own private
feelings in their interest.
The facts of the ease, however. car
be condensed in very few lines: The
G. A. r. was invited to st. Louis
Cleveland was also invited afterwards
for the purpose of flying political kite
with the expectation of using G. A. r
wind to fly it. But the G.. A. r. re-
fused to furnish the wind, therefore the
kite business had to be abandoned.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-07-14

ST. LOUIS dispatches state that the
city feels Inundated, but we suspect
that only the same element feels hui
inflated that did at the capture of
Camp Jackson by the Dutch when
the proprietor of the st. Louis Repub-
lican John Knapp, who was among
the captured, felt so Inundated that he
broke his sword over his knee. This is
the paper that expresses great sympa-
thy with Cleveland. Senator Cockrell,
also, undoubtedly feels Inundated, as
he has failed to recover the flag cap
tured from him at the swords point at
Fort Blakely, Alabama. No wonder
they feel Inundated.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-07-14
The attention of our readers is called

The attention of our readers is called
to the advertisement of DR.. Robert
Lyon in another column, who has prac-
tieed medicine with the greatest sue
cess for over forty years. His reputa-
ton for curing comp licetedand chronic
diseases has made him famous among
members of the profession, having re:
lieved thousands where other eminent
physicians hav allied. Those suffer
ing who believe in the old adage ''prac-
tice makes the man" should not fail to
consult him ant obtain relief. His
rooms are on the ground floor at the
Hotel COOLIDGE
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-07-14
coed Results In Every Case.

D. A. Bradford, wholesale paper
dealer of Chattanooga, Tennessee,
writes that he was seriously afflicted
with severe cold that settled on his
lungs: had tried many remedies with
out benefit. Being induced to try DR..
Kings New Discovery for Consump-
tion, did so and was entirely cured by
the use of few bottles. Since which
time he has used it in his family for all
coughs and colds with best results.
This is the experience of thousands
whose lives have been saved by this
Wonderful Discovery. Trial bottles
free at b. Wheldon's drug store. Large
hotties Al
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-07-14
An End to Rome 4cr.Dipr.

Edward Shepherd of Harrisburg, Ilii5
nois says: Having received SO much
benefit from Electric Bitters, feel it
my duty to let suffering humanity
know it. Have had running sore on
my leg for eight years; my doctors told
me I would have to have the bone
scraped or my leg amputated. used,
instead, three bottles of Electric Bit
tiers and seven boxes of Bucklen's Ar
MICA salVe, and my leg is now sound
and weil.''
Electric Bitters are sold at fifty cents
bottle and Bucklen's Arnica Salve at
25c per box by 3. Wheldon.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-07-14

THE authorities of Maine have seized
the entire stock of liquors imported by
Mr.. Burns and placed on sale in the
original packages at Augusta. The i'm
porter thought he had discovered way
TO evade the laws of the state by bring
ing the liquor through the custom
house. He looks to the authorities of
the United States to protect him. The
result will watched with interest. The
right which he claims under the reven-
ne laws conflicts with the state statutes
and somebody must give way.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-07-14

CLEVELAND says it is not personal
violence or harm" that keeps him from
attending the st. Louis reunion, but
because, in his own language. Il
should bear with me there the peoples
highest Office. the dignity of which
must protect If he would now give
his reasons for staying at home during
the late unpleasantfiess it would posi-
bly, be extremely interesting.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-07-14

DEMOCRATIC papers are wailing over
the fear that Cleveland will not even
come out west at all. The Kansas City
Evening News, in one of its items, says:
1t will be n matter for great regret,
however, among the people of the whole
alton not to visit St. Louis during the
encampment shall result in the aban-
donment of his whole trip through this
general section of the country.
For the life of MS we cannot see what
great calamity will befall us if he never
comes west. The sun will still rise as
usual, and the festive chineh bug viii
still revel in thegrowing grain, whether
he comes or not
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-07-14

CULTIVATED in groves, the average
growth in twelve years of several
varieties of hard wood has been as
tertained to be about as follows: White
maple reaches foot in diameter and
so feet in height; ash, leaf maple, or
box elder, foot in diameter and twen-
ty feet in height; white willow, Is
inches and 40 feet; yellow willow, Is
inches and 35 feet; Lombardy poplar,
10 inches and 40 feet; blue and white
ash, 10 inches and p feet; black wal
nut and butternut, 10 inches and 20
feet
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-07-14

THE New York sun has been collect
ing facts concerning the Knights of
Labor, which show a rapid decrease in
membership. Taking ten of the largest
local assemblies, the decrease in men,
bers is found to be forty per cent in
eleven months.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-07-14

COMPETENT architects claim that it
will cost Mt least $1,000 to repair the
court house, and even then it will be
unfit to use, as the whole thing is in a
tumble-down condition, and is already
braced up equal to some of the broken
down race-horses sometimes seen on
the track.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-07-14

ABOUT forty dogs have so far been
registered in this city, and as yet, so
far as we can learn, nobody has been
arrested for violation of the ordinance,
Notwithstanding the notice by the mar
shall the other day.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-07-14

W. W. DENTLER died at Parsons
last week of a wound received in battle
twenty-five years ago. A post mortem
showed that the ball had nipped a piece
out of his heart and was encysted near
the backbone. If it had indented his
heart one-eighth of an inch mere he
would have died instantly.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-07-14

A DEMOCRATIC paper devotes a col
umn editorial to the subject: "Was the
war failureP" Judging by the &C
tions of a democratic president, we
should infer that he thinks it was, and
is willing to do all he possibly can to
rectify the supposed failure.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-07-14

A PLAN for memorial building at
the national capital for the preserva-
ton of war records and trophies has
been proposed. Discussion of the sub
iect has been stirred up by the rebel
flag episode, and some Grand Army
men are confident that that organiza-
tion will take it up earnestly and put
the idea into practical shape. The plan
has features that commend it to favor
able consideration.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-07-14

. ONE report on wages lost by the Con-
nellsville coke strike makes the total,
June %, 1858, $40. 1t is added that the
decreased output of coke is los, 900 tons,
and the loss of pr offs tat &c per tom
is $4,000. If depreciation of plant by
idleness be considered it would probably
run up the operators losses to nearly
nVnn nnn
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-07-14

officers are on the trail and have high
hopes. The man at last accounts was
in western Missouri, tramping through
the country. Mr.. white says ne is
looking daily for reports announcing
the capture of the man.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-07-14

KANSAS is receiving plenty of rains
just when they are needed. "Drouthy
Kansas" is an obsolete term, The fair
fields of Kansas were never more prom
Using than they are at this time. The
seasons, industry, enterprise and cap
ital all favor the young commonwealth.
k g. Star
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-07-14

WASHINGTON correspondents assert
that some of the old rebel flags at
Washington were made out of petit
coats. No wonder the rascally rebels
fought-well, fought so hard for them.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-07-14

THE bicycle law of Oregon requires
bicycle riders to stop 100 yards from
any person going in the opposite direc-
ton with team and remain stationary
until the team shall have passed.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-07-14

WHAT Emporia needs: A new court
house, and a manager of their nine
that knows something about base ball,
and who has authority and sand enough
to fine players who get drunk or other
wise violate the rules.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-07-14

CLEVELAND says: 81 have been
hurt by the unworthy and wanton at
tacks upon me, growing out of this
matter" Probably he can now sympa-
thise with some of the applicants
whose pensions he vetoed with ''un-
worthy and wanton attacks upon
their personal characters.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-07-14
BuckIen,s Arnica Salve.

The best salve in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fe
yer sores, letter, chapped hands, chill
b1ains, corns, and skin eruptions and
positively cures piles, or no pay re-
quired. 1t is guaranteed to give per-
feet satisfaction or money refunded.
Price 25 cents per box. For sale by B.
Wheldon.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-07-14

EMPoRIA has beautiful natural sew
erage, but little aid given to nature
would probably assist greatly in keep
ing down the receipts of the Odd Eel
lows in the way of sales of cemetery
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-07-14
County Fasr.

B. Bean, the irrepressible boomer, is
now working on ascheme to have fair
at the Driving park this fall. If he is
as successful, and he ought to be, as he
was with his Fourth of July picnic,
there will be one IF the best fairs held
here that has ever been in the state.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-07-14

THE Pennsylvania brigadge gave Mrs.
Pickett a warm welcome to Gettysburg
nearly as warm one as they did her
husband some twenty-four years ago,
but the warmth was of an entirely diff
ferent nature.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-07-14
The Court House.

The county commissioners have made
arrangements with the insurers of the
cou.t house to have that building re-
paired and made to appear exactly the
same as it did before the late dispensa-
ton of Providence.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-07-14

THE Missouri river is still cutting
into the bank at Atchison. 1t was
found necessary &c remove a school
house on Wednesday.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-07-14

THE EmpoIia Democrat is much i'm
proved, from British standpoint, since
J. Harvey Firth has been doing the
editorial work for il.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-07-14

are the ones who are bowling most just
now, because their leader has had to
eat crow so often within so short a
spaee of time.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-07-14

AND now the physicians declare that
ginger ale is Intoxicating; that ginger
essence contains nearly 100 per cent of
alcohol, while whisky has less than so
nar cant
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-07-14
Adv1oa to RTothara-

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup
should always be used for children
teething. 1t soothes the child, softens
the gums, allays all pain, cures wind
collie, and is best remedy for diar-
rhea. Twenty-Five cents. bottle.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-07-14

OTTAWA wants free mail delivery
but can't get it because her houses are
not yet numbered. Poor Ottawa.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-07-14

EMPoRIA people talk of building a
100000 court house in place of the one
nearly ruined by fire and lighting
Topeka journal.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-07-14

A WEDDING took place at Lawrence
the bride and bridegroom both being
over eighty years of age.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-07-14

A COMPANY has been organized at
Paola, with capital stock of 81 900, 600,
for the purpose of piping gas to Kansas
City.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-07-14

Like the Elusive wicked flea, Mr..
Lum Smith, the murderer of z. I. Bax-
ter, is very hard person to catch, The
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-07-14

CLEvELAND's coat of arms: A craw-
fish recursant.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-07-14
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
COUNTY CLERKS OFFICE, I
Inlu q 1897

July o, 1851
Board met as per adjournment, all
members present.
Road, on petition of j. W. Osborne,
was granted as petitioned for.
Road, on petition of William Porter,
was granted in part.
The following bills were allowed:
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-07-14
POPULATION OF LYON COUNTY.

County Clerk Lakin has just re-
ceived the full returns from the CEN
sus taker of Lyon county. The result
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-07-14

COUNTY CLERKS OFFICE,
July Z, 1887.
Board met as per adjournment,
all members present.
Road, on petition of d. L. Saylors,
was rejected.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-07-14

Fort SCOTT has Illuminated with ma
tural gas.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-07-14
Children Cry for Pitchers castoria.

When Baby was SICK, We gave her CAstorta.
whsn she was child. she cried for Csstoria.
When she became HIS. she chung to Castoria.
whsnshehad chadran. sAegaveshem Caesoria.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-07-14
(IE|IIIi|EI||

Thoroughly cleanse the blood, whieh is the
fountain of health, by using DIR. Pierce's Gold
en- Medical Discovery, and good digestion,
fair skin, buoyant spirits, vital strength, and
soundness of constitution will be established.
Golden Medical Discovery cures ali humors,
from the common pimple. blOtch, or eruption,
to the worst Scrofula, or blood-poiSon. Es-
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Salt-rheIIm OF letter, Feyer-sores, Hip-joint
Disease ScrofulouS Sores and SWelAngS, En-
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Golden Medical Discovery cures Consump-
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nutritive properties. For Weak Lungs, Spit
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Severe coughs, Asthma, and kindred affec-
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Fol- Torpid Liver, BihOusneSS, or Liver
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DEE. PEERCEsS PELLETS - anti
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The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-07-14
LETTER LIST.

List of letters uncaIled for and remaining in
the postofice at Emporia, Kansas, for the
week ending July s. 1887. Please give the date
of advertisement when calledfor:
Arnold Mrs Angie johnson, Mrs Abbie
Berrett, Mrs j B Mathews, Il
Blades, j F-2 Pray, William
Boyle Joseph Stansfeld, Mrs Jennie
Davis ] NJ Switzer, WV
Elliott. John A Vincent, NM
Fair, Kate Walch, J
Hall, G L Whitfield, Walter
Irving, Mr. Whitney, H G.
NJ BIRDSALI, P. NJ.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-07-14

morrow morning.
Attest: ROLAND LAKIN,
County Clerk.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-10-20
An Ar,nless Boy.

The writer of this had an interview short
time since with little Freddie Martin, of
Guthrie, this county, aged years. He is the
armless boy of whom great deal was said in
the papers at the time of his birth He was
led into the room where / was sitting by an
other boy of about the same age, that might
see him and witness some of his exploits in
using his left foot as hand. He was dressed
in trousers and a calico waist, nice and clean,
from which, at the shoulders ON each side,
there were little cuffs for the stubs, where tho
arms should be, to protrude through. The
left side has scarcely any stub at all. while
the right has one perhaps two or three inches
long. Immediately under this stub there is a
little pocket in the waist, into which he can
insert this stub, which was very cunningly
done by him at our request. He used his left
foot as a hand, holding with his big and
second toes. He can pick up pin or piece of
money and place it in the little pocket under
the right stub. He goes to school, and
sitting on table, he writes on the blackboard
with crayon held between his toes He
throws a ball with his foot the same as any
boy with his hand. A piece of cake was
given him, which he took between his toes.
and, sitting on the floor, he brought it to his
mouth and ate it, He held it with the same
ease, and changed its position to suit mis-
mouth as any boy does with his hand. He
prefers to use his left foot to his right, as he
can put things into the pocket under the right
stub, which he cannot do with his right foot.
He is bright boy, of excellent disposition, a
general favorite with everybody
Mail
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-10-20
NO. A..


At Zirknitz in the Austrian Alps there
is an intermittent lake that is basin.
which at one season of the year is iiilCd
with water, at another is dried up aud
cultivated by the farmers of the nelsh-
borhood. The imperial farmer, WilA8m
Putick, has just examined the construc-
ton of that basin and found in one part
of it an immense cave called Karlovca,
which. when the surface Of he water in
the basin has reached &C, ain height,
begins sucking up the water until tho
basin is empty.
This cave leads to long series of
underground lakes, all connected with
one another by continuous current.
Putick naviCated the first five OF them.
Immense fields of sand and gravel ac-
cumulate, and alternately stop the cur
rent or are carried of by i. The roof
of the cave in which this system Of
waters is located at many Places comes
very low, almost touching tha water, and
in such places the moving gravel beds
frequently close the passage and cause
the waters to rise in the higher cave
Putick, with three companions, was in ono
of the lakes when the entrar sc was sad
| denly closed by a mass Of rubbish tumh-
ling down from the rocf. Fot more tlao
eight hours they worked as hard as they
could until they succeeded in opening O
passage by the side Of the main entrance
which was happily still found dry, aa4
they were enabled to reach the surface
unharmed. But their boat aal tools wcrS
left behind, and will be recovered again
after the water shall have subsideG.-
| Chicago News
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-10-20
A Hcautiful Invitation.

OF the invitations 10 visit various eli Cs
and states extended to the or, ident prob
ably the most unique came from the pCo-
pie of Jacksonville, Fla. 1t ia incased l.
tween lids of "curly pine, native to IT,. 4.
state. The lids are held together by hinge
with backs made Of alligator skin, am
are nine inches wide, fifteen in length.
three -eighths of an inch thick. They arr
highly polished. and on the outside i
painted bunch of magnolias IN fr'i
bloom. The inclCsure is five pages o.
bristol board, upon which the Invitation
is written, as well as the signatures of Tho
committee delegated to present it. Thcse
pages are also uniquely orrameuted with
India ink sketches of scenes and of thV
| flora of the state. There are pictures Cl
the Cherokee rose, a variety native ONLY
TO Florida, of sand dunes surrounded wi IS
cabbage palmetto, with sea tlts aud SCI
gulls, white cranes, alligators gray SIan-
ish moss, and sketches from nature on
| the st. Johns river. as wei as ON the
shores of the beautiful and romantic Lake
st. George, all blended in har iOnious and
artistic arrangement. AT the top of enc
of the pages there is finely drawn scene
or picture of a genuine Florida "Cracker'
driving his team 20 market through the
pines. lie has the regular bacl.woods curt
drawn by genuine Florida mule. which
he bestrides, his long legs reaching nearly
to the ground. Philadelphia Press,